http://www.brookings.edu/experts/atkinsonr.aspx?rssid=atkinsonr Brookings Experts Feed Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:53:42 GMT en http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/experts/atkinsonr/~3/_DnAeQhF6BA/04_federal_role_atkinson_wial.aspx <img src="http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Images/FeaturetteSmall/R/RJ RO/robot001_fs.jpg?bc=Transparent&mh=125&mw=125" alt="Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation" border="0"/><br>To respond to America’s slipping leadership in commercial innovation the federal government should establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a nimble, lean, and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities. By realigning and augmenting the nation’s diffuse present efforts the new entity would help create better jobs in America, not just for highly educated “knowledge workers” but for high school graduates in manufacturing and “low-tech services.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrookingsRSS/experts/atkinsonr/~4/_DnAeQhF6BA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 6ae87b11-ae3c-4bb3-9f71-39bb3d3c6dbc http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/04_federal_role_atkinson_wial.aspx?rssid=atkinsonr